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Attorney Alvarez graduated from Columbia University in 1998. Upon graduating, she worked for the Legal Aid Society in the Federal Defender Division in Brooklyn, New York. She then worked as a community organizer with Latin American immigrants on police brutality and health & wellness issues. She enrolled at the University Read more [...]

Raul Gomez has been practicing exclusively in immigration law for the last 20 years in Los Angeles, CA. Several years ago he formed Gomez & Associates, which currently has offices in downtown Los Angeles and La Puente, CA. His practice focuses on Removal and Family based immigration. Raul has been Read more [...]

Nora Phillips is a founding partner of Phillips & Urias, LLP and has dedicated her career to fighting for immigrant rights. Ms. Phillips is a graduate of the DePaul University College of Law in Chicago, Illinois. She has been licensed to practice law in Illinois since 2007 and her practice Read more [...]

Ms. Perez-Brizo has represented hundreds of individuals in immigration court (EOIR) and before the Board of Immigration Appeals. In addition, she has successfully argued before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Ms. Perez-Brizo received her Bachelor’s degree from Pomona College and earned her J.D. from U.C. Hastings College of the Read more [...]

Attorney Alma D. Puente is a member of the California State Bar, having being admitted to practice before the California Supreme Court in December 2004. Ms. Puente is also admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Central District of California, the United States Court of Appeals Read more [...]

Victor D. Nieblas Pradis, AILA President 2015-16, Mr. Nieblas Pradis practices immigration law in Southern California. He is a graduate of the University of California, San Diego and Loyola Law School. His areas of practice include family immigration, deportation defense, federal court litigation, and appellate work.

Veronica Barba is a partner at Lucas & Barba, LLP in Los Angeles, where she represents clients with a wide range of removal defenses in detained and non-detained settings. She is the former Director of the ABA Immigration Justice Project (IJP) in San Diego.